[Foundation-l] and what if...

[Robert Rohde]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Long-time ago, I suggested adding a short-duration cookie whenever a
>> block was triggered that would allow the software to detect the most
>> obvious IP jumping vandals (asumming they used the same browser on the
>> same machine each time).  It doesn't get at the bulk of Tomek's
>> criticism, but it does fall in the other-things-we-could-do category.
>
> Deleting cookies is far easier than changing IP addresses.

I generally operate on the assumption that 90% of vandals of dumb.
Yes, one can clear cookies, but one has to figure it out and think to
do that, which I would assume most wouldn't.

-Robert Rohde